Annotation:Three Flowers (March) (The)
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THREE FLOWERS (MARCH) THE. Irish, Air and March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Three Flowers" is an Irish song air also played as a march. Words to the song are the product of Dublin solicitor Norman G. Reddin, his sole poetic output (apparently), published on ballad sheets and in compilation volumes. The title comes from the allegory of a young girl with three flowers representing three Irish patriot martyrs, Robert Emmet (leader of the 1803 rebellion), Wolf Tone (a leader of the 1798 rebellion), and Michael Dwyer (transported to Australia for his part in the rising of 1798).
One time when walking down a lane
As night was drawing nigh
I met a colleen with three flowers
And she more young than I
"Saint Patrick bless you dear" said I
"If you will kindly tell
The place where you did find these flowers
I seem to know so well"
